Campaign Finances

"The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large. The Center’s work is aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government."

Analyzed by Election, 2000+

• Fundraising
• Candidate List
• Bundlers
• Super PACs
• Search Donors
• Outside Spending
• Expenditures
• Industries
• Fundraising Over Time
• Fundraising by Party
• Money Primary
• State/Metro Funding
• Gender Demographics
• Joint Fundraising Committees
• Personal Finances

Member Fundraising Profiles (105th Congress+, 1997+)

• Elections
• Industries
• PACs and Leadership PACs
• Donors
• Geography
• Expenditures
• Legislation
• In the News

Committee Profiles (106th Congress+, 1999+)

• Overview
• Members
• Top Industries
• Jurisdiction
• Subcommittees
• Earmarks

Comparisons of Candidates

• Total Raised & Spent
• Contributors
• Industry
• Sectors
• PACs
• Geography
• Outside Spending
• Other Data

Federal Elected Officials, 2004+

• Net Worth
• Assets
• Liabilities
• Outside Income
• Most Popular Investments
• Sectors
• Industries
• Missing Reports
• Average Wealth
• Search People, Organizations, Keywords

Federal Election Spending

• Summary
• By Group
• Super PACs
• By Race
• By Candidate
• Donors -- Top Donors, Donor Industries, Donor Stats
• Spending by Cycle
• Reporting Rules

Political Nonprofits

• Summary
• Top Election Spenders
• Top Donors
• Top Grant Recipients
• Disclosure
• Shadow Money Trail

• House/Senate -- Earmarks to Contributors
• House/Senate
• Presidential
• No Earmark Requests
• Top Recipients
• Recipients with PACs
• Recipients that Lobby
• States
• Earmarks by Bill

• Top Committees
• Democratic Party
• DNC
• DCCC
• DSCC
• Republican Party
• RNC
• NRCC
• NRSC
• Soft Money Backgrounder

• Election Stats
• Donor Demographics
• Geography -- Top ZIP Codes, Top Metro Areas, Totals by State
• Congress
• Spreading the Wealth
• Candidate to Candidate Giving
• Party to Candidate Giving
• Reelection Rates
• Senate Races
• Casualty List
• Incumbent Advantage
• Dollars & Cents of Incumbency
• Price of Admission
• Different Races, Different Costs
• Millionaire Candidates
• Where the Money Came From
• Bundles of Money
• Earmarks
• Parties
• Fundraising Totals by Cycle
• Congressional Soft Money
• Serious Money
• Top Overall Donors
• Top PACs
• PACs Stick with Incumbents
• Tof Soft Money Donors
• Top Individual Donors
• Special Interests
• Business-Labor-Ideology Split
• Sectors
• Sectors Over Time
• Top Industries
• Most Partisan Industries
• Others
• Hot Races
• Most Expensive Races
• Winning vs. Spending
• Top In-State vs. Top Out-of-State
• Soft Money Transfers to States

• Interest Groups List -- By Sector & Alphabetically
• Top Interest Groups to Congress
• 13 Sectors
• Agribusiness
• Communications / Electronics
• Construction
• Defense
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Finance, Insurance & Real Estate
• Health
• Ideological / Single Issue (e.g., pro-Israel, women's issues, gun control, abortion)
• Labor
• Lawyers & Lobbyists
• Miscellaneous Business (e.g., food & beverage, casinos, textiles)
• Other (e.g., Non-profits, Education, Clergy, Retired)
• Transportation
• 100+ Industries (e.g., crop production & processing, TV/movies/music, health professionals)
• 400+ Categories (e.g., sugar producers, cable TV, chiropractors)

• Overview
• Growth in Spending
• Top Spenders
• Top Lobbying Firms
• Ranked Sectors
• Industries
• Contracts
• Issues
• Agencies
• Bills
• Contributions
• Top Contributors
• Top Recipients
• Health Care Case Study

a directory of people passing between government and the private sector

• Overview
• Former Members
• Congressional Staffers
• Agencies
• Congressional Committees
• Lobbying Firms
• Organizations
• Administrations
• Industries

• Top PACs
• Industry Breakdown
• Leadership PACs
• Super PACs
• Foreign-connected PACs

• Heavy Hitters List -- Top All-Time Donors, 1989+
• Independent Expenditures
• Top Individual Contributors
• Top National Donors

Advocacy Group Spending

• Top 50 Organizations
• By Industry
• By Sector
• Expenditures
• Top Contributors -- By Organizations & By Individuals
• New Filings